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June 15, 2015
Xoom Energy has launched a demand response program for Texas customers called Usage Optimizer, and is offering a free smart thermostat plus a $40 bonus for enrolling in the program.
June 5, 2015
A Texas complaint which had implicated retail electric providers' obligations to customers prior to assessing a new or modified TDU pass-through charge on customers has been dismissed by an ALJ because, with the customer's REP crediting the customer for the disputed charges, there is no remaining…
June 4, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have recommended that CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's requested revenue requirement for a new Distribution Cost Recovery Factor be revised downward by about $7 million, resulting in a lower charge applicable to REPs under the fee.
May 19, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's advanced metering systems (AMS) surcharge, for residential customers only, will terminate on May 31, 2015 as scheduled.
May 13, 2015
"The duty [of retail electric providers] to disclose the applicability of demand charges is only upon enrollment , not after that time," Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said in a statement of position concerning a complaint case regarding demand charges (all emphasis in original).
May 6, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC and Ambit Energy have jointly petitioned the Public Utility Commission of Texas to dismiss a complaint case as moot concerning the imposition of demand charges on a customer after their delivery rate class was reclassified.
April 29, 2015
Reliant and its parent company NRG Energy announced a partnership with Houston Texans' defensive end J.J. Watt to promote Reliant and the NRG Companies', "customer-centric products and solutions to power every lifestyle"
April 17, 2015
The Texas Senate last week passed SB 774 which would extend until September 1, 2019 the ability for distribution service providers to establish rates charged to retail electric providers through non-rate case periodic rate adjustments, meaning alternative ratemaking mechanisms such as the…
April 13, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft proposal for adoption addressing Subsynchronous Oscillation (SSO) risk in ERCOT.
April 10, 2015
A Texas ALJ has denied imposing a moratorium on the disconnection of service to a customer who has filed a complaint against their former retail electric provider (Ambit), but who has since switched providers and is now also not paying charges to their current REP (TXU), as the customer disputes…
April 9, 2015
A Texas ALJ ultimately has discretion whether to order CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric to continue service, pursuant to PURA § 17.157(b)(5), to a complainant who has filed a formal complaint against their former retail electric provider regarding certain demand charges, but who continues to…
April 7, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas its application for a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider which will be charged to retail electric providers for certain distribution costs not reflected in base rates.
April 3, 2015
A Texas ALJ has ruled that a complaint case brought by a customer against Ambit Energy and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric regarding the imposition of demand charges after the customer's rate class was changed shall only address charges during the period the customer was served by Ambit.
April 2, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric announced today its intent to implement a Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider applicable to retail electric providers, and provided an estimate of the bill impact for residential customers
March 30, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has requested that a Texas ALJ rule on whether the scope of complaint brought by a customer against the TDU and Ambit Energy regarding demand charges should extend to all of the demand charges billed by the CenterPoint TDU passed-through to the customer…
March 27, 2015
Complaints about high bills at Sharyland Utilities, LP implicate how costs are allocated and recovered in distribution rates, and raise questions regarding whether such distribution costs should be recovered on a volumetric or non-volumetric basis, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson…
March 27, 2015
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has filed a notice with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it plans to file an application for approval of Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF), a new rider which would be charged to retail electric providers
March 24, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas and several retail electric providers have filed a non-unanimous stipulation regarding the refund of an $11 million over-recovery of CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric transition charges under Rider TC1
March 10, 2015
MP2 Energy and SolarCity have partnered to make it possible for some Dallas-Fort Worth area homeowners to pay less for solar electricity than they pay for utility power for the first time without any local incentives, the companies said.
March 6, 2015
Brilliant Energy is offering Texas electric customers a "PetLovers" plan, which includes monthly affinity donations to the Harris County Animal Shelter
February 24, 2015
Texas retail electric provider Power Express, a brand of Nooruddin Investments, has begun offering service at AEP Texas Central and Texas-New Mexico Power.
February 23, 2015
Alleging that a proposal from CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC would lead to a "windfall" to retail electric providers, the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities has opposed the utility's as-filed proposal to refund $11 million to retail electric providers.
February 17, 2015
Pronto Power, a brand of Summer Energy offering prepaid service, has begun listing offers on the Texas Power to Choose site, in the Oncor and CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric service areas.
February 12, 2015
"CenterPoint Energy" announced that it has begun offering customers at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric a Power Alert Service which automatically notifies consumers via SMS text, e-mail or phone call whenever a power outage or other power problem is detected at or near their address. The service…
February 12, 2015
Direct Energy has begun offering in Texas electricity plans including a free Nest Learning Thermostat
